Hong Kong plans to evacuate thousands of residents on Friday as bombs left behind in World War II were found at construction sites.
Police said the bomb was about 1.5 meters long and weighed about 450 kilograms (1,000 pounds), adding that they believed it was still “full of functionality”.
“We must activate the emergency evacuation plan due to the extremely high risks involved in bomb disposal and disposal,” said Andy Chan, commander of the Hong Kong Police Department.
Police added that about 6,000 people from 18 residential buildings in the Quarry Bay area will be evacuated Friday night, and demolition will begin early Saturday morning.
Hong Kong was an early target of the all-Asian movement that would be the Japanese Imperial Empire movement during World War II. The city saw fierce fighting between Japan and the Allied forces during the war, and hikers and construction workers still occasionally found unexploded bombs on the territory nearly 100 years later.
In May 2018, the bomb was Discover In Hong Kong’s Wan Chai district, the area prompted authorities to evacuate 1,200 residents.
Police said the unexploded ordnance type unearthed Friday was the same type as in 2018. At that time, the bomb disposal process took about 20 hours to complete.
